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Comment on this storyDucati has appointed Rodeo Drive as official South African importer for the iconic Italian motorcycles.
At this stage there is only one dealership in South Africa - at 190 Bram Fischer Drive in Randburg - but the company is planning to open a Cape Town branch later in 2014 and, in the meantime, is offering free delivery to Cape buyers, as well as a free pick-up and drop-off service for bikes being serviced.
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For years, advisors have gone blissfully along in their planning for families and business owners, devising wonderfully helpful trusts and solving liquidity needs with the use of life insurance. Often these techniques are combined, especially in the context of irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs.) Because these transactions are almost always between "related" (by blood, marriage or business) parties, one of whom is the insured in those situations involving the purchase of life insurance, nary a thought was given to the requirement that the original owner of the life insurance have an insurable interest in the insured for the policy to be valid. The owners of these policies have been the insured, a person related to the insured, or the trustee of a trust for the benefit of some related person. The policies were applied for, issued by the insurance companies, and problem solved.
Then the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia handed down its decision on Feb. 5, 2005, in Chawla v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company1 declaring that, under Maryland law, the trustee of a trust must have an insurable interest in the insured, regardless of the insured's relationship to the trust beneficiaries. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision.
Suddenly, doubt was cast on ILITs around the nation. Advisors were dismayed. State legislatures rushed to shore up their laws. At least seven states have adopted statutes to more specifically define insurable interests and other states, including Florida and Ohio, are considering doing so. Practitioners started asking insurance companies for contracts with language asserting that their policy owners have an insurance interest. Two years later, Chawla remains an anomaly. But it is far from certain that it will remain so.
This tempest was started by a case that again proves the adage that "bad facts make bad law." Actually, this case's facts are so bad, they make for interesting reading.
In 2000, Harald Geisinger applied to Transamerica for a 10-year term life insurance policy on his life. Geisinger was divorced and had no children. His application named Vera Chawla as the owner and beneficiary of his policy. Chawla was not related to Geisinger by blood or marriage. Geisinger apparently lived from time to time with Chawla and her husband, who was also Geisinger's doctor.
When Transamerica received Geisinger's initial application for the life insurance policy, it refused to issue the policy on the grounds that Chawla did not have an insurable interest in Geisinger. So Chawla and Geisinger resubmitted the application for the insurance policy, listing The Harald Geisinger Special Trust, an irrevocable inter vivos trust (which Geisinger had created previously and which owned his personal residence) as the owner and beneficiary of the policy. Geisinger was the grantor of the trust; Geisinger and Chawla were the co-trustees. The trust agreement provided that, in the event that Geisinger was no longer able to serve as co-trustee, Chawla would become the sole trustee. The trust agreement did not specifically give the trustees the authority to procure life insurance on Geisinger's life, although this was not a material fact in the court's decision. The trust provided that Geisinger had the right to all the income during his life and the right to occupy the residence. At his death, all property was to be distributed to Chawla.
As part of Geisinger's application for life insurance, he completed a medical history questionnaire, on which he undisputedly made numerous false statements and failed to disclose significant negative material medical facts. For one, he answered in the negative questions regarding (1) his past treatment at a clinic, hospital or sanitarium, (2) any past surgeries, and (3) whether he had been treated for alcoholism or drug addiction. He did disclose that he'd visited Dr. Chawla for a physical in February of 2000. (The doctor later confirmed the visit and attested to Geisinger's good health.) Geisinger also failed to mention that he'd undergone brain tumor surgery, spinal taps and at least one collection of cerebrospinal fluid in his head in Austria in 1999. The Austrian doctors diagnosed Geisinger with chronic alcohol abuse (which he also failed to disclose.) Also missing from his application for life insurance: when Geisinger returned to the United States, he underwent additional surgery in Washington, D.C. to insert a shunt into his head to drain the fluid that had accumulated after his brain tumor surgery. In 2000, Geisinger was hospitalized for alcohol abuse. Later in that same year, he was again hospitalized for complications associated with alcohol abuse, namely episodes of unconsciousness.
In July 2000, Transamerica issued the life insurance policy. Several months later, Geisinger applied to increase the policy's death benefit, and Transamerica issued a new policy. Chawla paid the premiums by check, drawn on a joint bank account that she shared with her husband.
Geisinger died about one year later, leaving Chawla as the sole trustee of The Harald Geisinger Special Trust. Upon application for the death benefits, which was within two years of the policy's issue date, Transamerica investigated the matter and informed Chawla that it was rescinding the policy and denying the death benefit claim because of Geisinger's material misstatements and omissions on the application. The insurer returned the premiums that Chawla had paid. Chawla sued Transamerica for breach of contract. Transamerica answered, asserting two main defenses: fraud in the application; and lack of insurable interest by the trustee in Geisinger's life.
It is this latter defense that sent up red flags throughout the estate-planning community.
In awarding summary judgment in favor of Transamerica, the district court held that the omissions and misstatements in the application were material misrepresentations, allowing Transamerica to rescind the policy. However, the court did not stop there. The court also noted that Chawla's claim would necessarily fail as a matter of law because the trustee had no insurable interest in Geisinger's life. After finding that Maryland common law required an insurable interest to validate a life insurance policy, the court applied the Maryland substantive law on insurable interests, which stated that: "a person may not procure or cause to be procured an insurance contract on the life of another individual unless the benefits under the insurance contract are payable to: (i) the individual insured; (ii) the individual's insured's personal representative; or (iii) a person with an insurable interest in the individual insured at the time the insurance contract was made."2
The court, in construing the Maryland statute, focused on the third permissible recipient of the death benefit ("a person with an insurable interest in the individual-insured at the time the insurance contract was made") and noted that Maryland law defines "person" as "an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or entity."3 Thus, the court reasoned, the trustee of a trust, according to Maryland's definition of "person," is required to have an insurable interest in the insured. Whether the beneficiaries of the trust had an insurable interest was obviously not relevant in Maryland, as the insured was the primary beneficiary of the trust.
The court found that none of the permissible recipients of death benefits included trustees or trusts; that the trustee had no economic interest in Geisinger's continuing to live. In fact, the trustee would only benefit by Geisinger's death.4 Thus, the court concluded that The Harald Geisinger Special Trust, with Chawla as its trustee, could not have an insurable interest in Geisinger's life.
Chawla appealed the decision to the Fourth Circuit. Estate planners were hopeful that the appellate court would rule (read: overrule) on the question of insurable interest, leaving intact our assumption that an insurable interest would always exist in a trust situation where the insured was a grantor.
To everyone's dismay, the appellate court merely affirmed the lower court's holding without comment.5
A lack of insurable interest typically renders the insurance policy either void ab initio or voidable, depending upon the state law (which is often based on case law.)
When a policy is void ab initio, the consequences among the states include: the insurance company not paying the death benefits and returning the premiums to the payor (or the payor's estate); paying the death benefits to the policy owner's estate; the estate having the right to recover the proceeds paid to the beneficiary; paying the death benefits to a third party favored by the state law; and paying the proceeds to the named insured as a contract right. In some states, the doctrines of estoppel or waiver can be asserted against the insurance company to compel it to pay the death benefits. In other states, however, these doctrines have been found ineffective based on a strong public policy that calls for voiding the insurance contract for lack of insurable interest.6 In most states, it's unclear what the consequences are.
Even if the policy is considered voidable instead of void ab initio, the result rarely changes.
Aside from the problem of the policy proceeds not being paid as expected, there is the worrisome consequence that the potential voiding of the policy may turn the policy's proceeds from tax-free life insurance proceeds into taxable contract payments.
Chawla sparked a great hue and cry. Considering the proliferation of ILITs, this opinion would have disastrous effects if it were the law across the country. In states that view the trustee/trust as a legal entity, separate and distinct from its beneficiaries, it looks like the trustee must have an insurable interest in the insured. In these states, Chawla would be very troubling absent a specific statute conferring an insurable interest in the trustee. In states that view the trust as a collection of its beneficiaries, it appears that only some or all of the trust beneficiaries must have an insurable interest in the insured. In these states, Chawla is probably a bit less troubling. The problem is that most states, including many with a statute addressing the general issue of insurable interest (of which there are 39 with widely differing provisions), do not make it sufficiently clear which type they are.
Since Chawla, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, South Dakota, Virginia and Washington adopted statutes that establish (or attempt to codify existing case law with respect to) an insurable interest on the part of a trustee of a trust created by an insured for the benefit of related parties.7 Several other states, including Florida and Ohio, are studying whether they should adopt similar legislation. The insurance industry (which created this problem in the first instance by raising the defense in Chawla) has been either neutral or downright unsupportive with respect to these legislative entreaties. This can be a significant hurdle, or even a roadblock, to desired legislative changes if the insurance lobby is powerful in a particular state.
Two general approaches have emerged in state legislative responses to Chawla. The first — typified by Delaware and Maryland — provides that a trustee has an insurable interest in the life of any individual in whom a beneficiary of the trust has an insurable interest, but only to the extent that such beneficiary's trust share will receive the death benefits of such policy.8 The second — typified by Georgia, Maine and Virginia — automatically provides the trustee with an insurable interest in the life of the grantor/settlor of the trust.9 Each state statute, however, has its own unique quirks.
First and foremost, we must take solace in the fact that Chawla, thus far, is an anomaly. It is the only known case of its kind. Whatever the law is in every state other than Maryland, this issue simply has not come up in the context of trusts. One could argue that many states are scrambling to fix something that is not broken. Insurance industry representatives have certainly expressed this opinion, which is bolstered by the fact that in no other reported case has an insurance company attempted to assert a trustee's lack of insurable interest in the typical estate-planning context.
Second, because the insured always has an insurable interest in himself, it seems elementary that if the insured is the original owner of the insurance policy, he could procure the policy, then transfer ownership to a trust of which the insured is the grantor for the benefit of any set of beneficiaries, thus avoiding concern about the insurable interest requirement. This seems especially likely to be true when some or all of the beneficiaries have an insurable interest in the insured.
However, when abuses have been perceived, like in the state of New York with respect to investor-owned life insurance,10 a type of "step transaction" theory has been applied to void policies for lack of insurable interest when the "real" party in interest acquiring the policy was someone other than the insured who did not have an insurable interest in the insured. Successfully applying this theory in the context of typical family estate-planning situations, however, seems unlikely.
In the typical ILIT, the three-year rule generally seriously impairs the idea of having the insured initially acquire the policy and transfer it to the trust.11 Nevertheless, the odds of most insureds dying in the first three years are relatively quite low, and many insurance companies offer a three-year "double death benefit" term rider at a fairly nominal cost to offset this problem.
Third, because typically only the insurance company can raise the defense of lack of insurable interest, it might be helpful to get a waiver from the insurance company that it will not raise such a defense, which they have been willing to give in at least several instances. However, in some states, the public policy against issuing polices without the existence of an insurable interest is so strong that such a waiver will be legally ineffectual.12 Regardless, in such situations, perhaps the insurance company may feel bound to pay the death claim absent a third-party action (which in most cases would be nonexistent.) In Ohio, the insurance industry is considering adopting a "statement of best practices" whereby companies would acknowledge the issue and, upon issuing a policy to a trustee/trust, affirmatively state their opinion that an insurable interest exists. Some states will recognize this statement as grounds for an effective estoppel argument (while others will not.)13
When drafting a typical ILIT for the benefit of the insured's spouse and/or issue, wherein the insured is the grantor but not the trustee, the trust agreement should specifically authorize the trustee to procure life insurance on the grantor's life payable to the trust. This authorization will satisfy a state like Ohio, where the insured's consent is one way to establish an insurable interest. In such states, with older ILITs lacking such specific authorization, a letter from the insured that he was aware of the application for the insurance and that he participated in procuring such coverage should be sufficient.
Short of new state legislation, it appears the only viable way to calm the fears created by Chawla will have to come through either favorable new court decisions or, more likely, a return to the pre-Chawla era where, in the everyday family ILIT situation, neither the insurance industry, the Internal Revenue Service nor litigants raise the issue of lack of an insurable interest, because, Chawla notwithstanding, that interest has been there all along!
- Chawla v. Transamerica Occidental Life Ins. Co., No. CIV.A. 03-CV-1215, 2005 WL 405405 (E.D. Va. Feb. 3, 2005); see also Mary Ann Mancini, "The Chawla Case, Insurance Trusts and the Insurable Interest Rule: 'Houston, We Have a Problem,'" 31 ACTEC J. 125 (2005).
- Md. Code Ann., Ins. Section 12-201 (2006).
- Md. Code Ann., Ins. Section 12-101(dd) (2006).
- The "economic interest" test is a frequent bellwether of insurable interests. See, for example, Rakestraw v. Cincinnati, 69 Ohio App. 504, 511 (Hamilton County Ct. App. 1942) (citing 29 Am. Jur. Sections 309, 353).
- Chawla v. Transamerica Occidental Life Ins. Co., 440 F.3d 639 (4th Cir. 2006).
- See Mary Ann Mancini and Howard M. Zaritsky, "Insurable Interests: Apres Chawla, le Deluge?" 32 ACTEC J. 194, 217 (2006).
- Ibid., at p. 198.
- 18 Del. Code Section 2704(c)(5); Md. Ins. Code Section 12-201(b)(6).
- Ga. Code Section 33-24-3(c); Va. Code Section 38.2-301(B)(5); 24-A Me. Rev. Stat. Section 2402(3)(E).
- See State of New York Insurance Department ruling, Dec. 19, 2005.
- Internal Revenue Code Section 2035 provides that, for estate tax purposes, the decedent's gross estate will include the proceeds of any life insurances policies, the ownership of which were transferred for less than adequate and full consideration by the decedent/insured within three years prior to death. For suggestions on how to handle the three-year rule problem, see Lawrence I. Richman, "Sidestepping 2035," Trusts & Estates, April 2007, at p. 32.
- See, for example, Beard v. The Amer. Agency Life Ins. Co., 314 Md. 235, 256-57 (Md. Ct. App. 1988); see also Holmes v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 43 N.Y.S.2d 148, 151 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. 1963).
- See Beard and Holmes, supra note 12.


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Sony Pictures Classics could have a late-summer hit on its hands with Lee Toland Krieger's "Celeste and Jesse Forever," which scored a very strong debut in limited release. Its $28,003 per-theater-average blew away the much less impressive debuts of Millennium Entertainment's "The Babymakers" and Magnolia's "360."
Notably, the weekend also saw Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" top the $40 million mark, inching toward replacing "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" as the highest grossing specialty release of 2012.
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Sony Classics' Sundance pickup "Celeste and Jesse Forever" was released on 4 screens this weekend to one of the year's best limited debuts. The film — written by real-life best friends Rashida Jones (who also stars) and Will McCormack — grossed $112,011, averaging $28,003. That gave it the fifth best average of the year, behind "Moonrise Kingdom," "To Rome With Love," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Bernie" — all of which are not bad company to be associated with."Celeste and Jesse" stars Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts and Ari Graynor. It follows a separated couple (Jones and Samberg) who try and remain best friends after breaking up. Sony Classics will expand the film significantly through August.
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Chaparral has demonstrated on both sides of the ball why it will be the favorite in the 5A-II state playoffs, scoring with ease on offense and playing stifling defense. The Firebirds clicked on all cylinders again on Friday, easily taking apart host St. Mary's, 63-13 at Phoenix College's Hoy Stadium.
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For the night, the Firebirds amassed 483 yards of total offense and scored at will.
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The Firebirds managed to score three first-quarter touchdowns on four possessions, and the other possession ended with a missed snap on a field goal attempt.
The Firebirds limited St. Mary's to a net of 4 yards rushing for the game on 21 carries. The defense allowed no touchdowns as the Knights scored when Brennan Franklin recovered a fumble in the Chaparral end zone, and Orange Mooney returned a Firebirds punt 72 yards for a score.
The Mooney return was one of the rare aspects of the game that did not sit well with Chaparral coach Charlie Ragle.
"We knew (St. Mary's) would set up a wall there, and he still got through," Ragle said. "So, we need focus on special teams and need to get better there."
Otherwise, Ragle could not find much fault.
"Right now, this team has a vision, and it's one week at a time, and one opponent at a time," Ragle said. "We have a chance to be special, but to fulfill that, you have to have a vision. That's what we reinforce each week."
In addition to the efforts of Brewer and Brown, Firebirds running back Lucas Petrullo chipped in 111 yards and three toudhdowns on six carries.
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Before you go down the road about how much MI windows suck, yes, I know. No choice in the matter here in northern va. So, now that we are past the brand choice we are into the specific models. My builder states they are using "tier 2" which means nothing. It isn't a model number for MI and it isn't a meaningful term otherwise. That being said, I am looking for more information on the available models/lines to push the builder to satisfy my needs. After reading the website's information, the confusion has set in big time. I need three types of windows/doors. Some single hung, some double hung and a patio door. All are sized and specced based on the community standards, so either white or bronze outside with simulated lights in all windows. Not a problem, because every line in the MI windows model can do the above. Where it falls down is when we get to "which model is best." The website is brutally clear in the matter, that their energy core line is the best. Strongest PVC, best performance for energy and best sound abatement. Unfortunately as soon as I select Virginia as my location, all options for energy core disappear and I am left in the dark. The rest of their lines have little information available about STC, though they have some decent information on the 1600 line about energy efficiency, air infiltration and the like. They can have laminated glass and they can have foam inserts. Most of the other lines are a bit more unclear, and it is completely unclear to me what the differences are between lines though I did see that the 1600 has a "sloped sill" which I take it is considered "better" than a pocket sill? I found one site that talked about window strength (R vs LC, where lc is "better"? with PG of 50 vs 25 vs less, which I think I understand) and showed some of the MI windows lines test results. It seemed that the only high strength windows were the 1600hd and the EC lines, though it skipped many window options as well so it didn't really help much. Can someone help shed some light on the model choices and if/how to get the energy core line over here? I will be near an airport and want to max out the STC on the windows. Are there any equivalent MI windows options to the EC line here if thats not a possibility? (if it matters, exposure is south for front and east for long dimension. West will be shaded.) |
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Any why are you still asking about MI / energy core when you already know its a poor quality/ flimsy window? Im confused as to what your question is? None if their lines have " strong pvc", they all have thin walls and are just built cheaply. These windows are meant for builders who are more concerned with price opposed to quallity. |
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I cannot change brands, the builder is uses MI windows exclusively. So I have to do the best with the hand that is dealt. for the DH, structural report. For the rest. If you search for andersen 400 structural report "double hung" you can get a similar window in a much better brand for comparison. Honestly, thin pvc doesn't bother me, as long as it is smartly constructed. I've seen plenty of cars with "thin metal and plastic" be vastly stronger than huge metal cars of just a few years ago. Of course if it is dumb use of thinness, no fixing that. Either way I don't have a choice and must use MI. So I want to make the absolute best of the choices I do have. |
Its not just the thinness of the pvc, its the low quality grade pvc. There are different grades of pvc that vary in quality. Is your builder buying your home for you are giving it to you for free? If not, why are you letting your builder dictate what windows you get. Tell him to either get the windows you want or you will take your business elsewhere. Simple as that. |
I cannot help you with getting a hold of the 1600 or EC lines but possibly both of those are available to you with a different designation. If your builder only uses MI then he has some pull with them so talk directly to his MI rep to get the scoop on what is available. As for STC maximization, the best and most economical way is to use different thicknesses of glass (3/16" over 1/8") with a 5/8" argon air space. This should increase the STC from a 26-28 with 1/8" on both sides to the 32 range. You can spend more and make one lite laminated but rarely is that worthwhile. Help this helps. |
- Posted by HomeSealed (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 21:17
1) that window line should be avoided at all costs IMO, regardless of model. 2) your builder is NOT obligated to use any window. You are the consumer, you are the boss. If you want a different window, demand it. I supply windows for new construction regularly, and in some instances the home owner will actually purchase them only to have them installed by the builder. 3) I agree with the products and suppliers recommended by maresel. Contact windows on Washington in your area for the best recommendations. A true pro and all around good guy, he'll help you out whether you intend to do business with him or not. |
I'll try, but this is not a custom house. I don't have the money to go that route in this area, so the houses are "tract" at least up to a point. If you have worked with builders to use other brands of windows in this situation I would love to hear about it. The look is mandated by the HOA, which of course is being run by the builder right now. So if I go with something else, the look has to fit into the standard. (bronze exterior on some, white on the rest, simple simulated divided lights and all vinyl) I'm also not sure about the costs associated with doing something like this. I probably can't afford a 20k outlay for windows and install when I was expecting it to be in the house cost. Eastbay: Laminated glass should make a sizable difference in some situations. It takes care of the different thicknesses of glass (since you would have two together), widens the range of absorption and as long as everything else is done right, should let your window end in the mid 35 range for STC. 3db is a big deal IMO. Then again the big deal for me is the improvement in frequencies affected, due to being near an airport. Planes make all kinds of weird noises. |
Builders do everything cheap and unfortunately he is trying to con you into using his low quality windows by MI Windows. Thats unfortunate. If it were me, i would let him know that since i am paying for the house, i am getting my own windows. whats he gonna do, say you are not allowed, i mean really.... |
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I am John Moon [of] Brookline, Massachusetts. I am an Emeritus Professor of History, whose specialty is the history of chemical and biological weapons.
I am centering my argument against the placement and operation of surveillance cameras in a national context. The impact of 9/11 and subsequent actions taken by the federal government to confront an existing threat cannot be isolated from actions taken or proposed throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
After 9/11, speculation was rife in government circles that this horrible event was the first wave of a succession of attacks that would inevitably culminate in chemical, biological, radiological or even nuclear strikes against our country. This fear was understandable at the time of the event and in the early months that followed. However, the persistence of this deep fear led to an overreaction, close to panic: to warrantless surveillance, to enhanced interrogation techniques.
Let us recall that the surveillance cameras, which are now being promoted as crime preventing, crime solving measures, were initially justified as a means to help evacuations in response to a catastrophic event.
Since 9/11, countless communities have carried out exercises so that their first responders will be better prepared to deal with a terrorist strike. In no case, as far as I am aware, have these tests carried out evacuations beyond the local area. In the case of a biological attack, for example, evacuations would be counter productive and cameras would not help. They cannot detect invisible weapons.
Let us recall that the gift giver of these cameras is the Department of Homeland Security, an agency not especially sensitive to privacy rights. It is this agency, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, that is fostering the fusion centers spread throughout the nation. On 16 October 2006, Michael Chertoff, former head of the Department of Homeland Security, defined the purpose of these fusion centers as a way to create "a national network of intelligence fusion…to support state and local decision makers, chiefs of police, and state and local intelligence officials."
Today, more than forty fusion centers are spread throughout the nation, fifteen more are planned. One of these fusion centers is located in Maynard, Massachusetts. In the goals cited on its website, there is no mention of the need to protect privacy while strengthening security.
And will these cameras make us safer? Last year, my wife and I spent two months in London while I did research in the U.K. National Archives.
Great Britain has an extensive surveillance network: London alone has 200,000 cameras, and more than 4 million cameras have been deployed throughout the country. It is estimated that there is one camera for every 14 people and the average Briton is seen by 300 cameras per day.
On the first day that we arrived in London, I was pick-pocketed in the center of the city. In spite of the many cameras the thief was not caught.
This world of surveillance is being put in place at a time when our national laws have not caught up with a technological revolution that is accelerating. Knowledge is power. There are those who have sought to create Total Information Awareness systems for the use of the national government. As Lord Acton reminds us: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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24 Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me will have true life. | 24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. |
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Geometric patterns from ancient fabrics get a new look.
The inky, earthy colours of tribal textiles like Kuba cloth and mudcloth still conjure the organic palette of equatorial Africa. But while these ancient fabrics were once used as headdresses and upholstery for regal thrones, their geometric patterns are now enjoying a second act. The Kenya rug from Ralph Lauren Home is hand-knotted from hemp and jute fibres in shades of savanna gold and African mahogany. Kuba cloth pillows give living rooms the exotic allure of a tented camp.
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The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed that crude stockpiles jumped to their highest level since the week ending August 3, 2012 and refiners pushed up their utilization rates by 4.2%, as the Hurricane Isaac-affected units in the Gulf of Mexico were back to their regular operations. The report further revealed that refined product inventories - gasoline and distillate - dropped from their week-ago levels. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Petroleum Status Report, which contains data for the previous week ending Friday, outlines information regarding the weekly change in petroleum inventories held and produced by the U.S., both locally and abroad. The report provides an overview of the level of reserves and their movements, thereby helping investors understand the demand/supply dynamics of petroleum products. It is an indicator of current oil prices and volatility that affect businesses of companies engaged in the oil and refining industry, such as ExxonMobil Corp. ( XOM ), Chevron Corp. ( CVX ), ConocoPhillips ( COP ), Valero Energy Corp. ( VLO ) and Tesoro Corp. ( TSO ). Analysis of the Data Crude Oil: The federal government's EIA report revealed that crude inventories jumped by 8.53 million barrels for the week ending September 14, 2012, following a climb of 1.99 million barrels in the previous week. The analysts surveyed by Platts - the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. ( MHP ), had expected oil stocks to go up some 2.5 million barrels. A sharp rise in the level of imports and production - as normalcy returned in the Gulf of Mexico facilities following Hurricane Isaac-related shutdowns - led to the massive stockpile build-up with the world's biggest oil consumer. However, crude inventories at the Cushing terminal in Oklahoma - the key delivery hub for U.S. crude futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange - edged down by 274,000 barrels from the previous week's level to 43.81 million barrels. Stocks are currently just under the all-time high of 47.78 million barrels reached in June. At 367.63 million barrels, current crude supplies are 8.4% above the year-earlier level, and exceeds the upper limit of the average for this time of the year. The crude supply cover was up from 24.0 days in the previous week to 24.8 days. In the year-ago period, the supply cover was 22.2 days. Gasoline: Supplies of gasoline decreased for the eighth time in as many weeks despite domestic consumption declining marginally. The fall in gasoline inventories could be attributed to plummeting imports. The 1.41 million barrels drop - contrary to analyst projections for a 1 million barrel increase in supply level - took gasoline stockpiles down to 196.31 million barrels. As a result of this decrease, the existing inventory level of the most widely used petroleum product is now 8.3% off the year-earlier levels and is in the lower limit of the average range. Distillate: Distillate fuel supplies (including diesel and heating oil) inched down by 322,000 barrels last week, as against analyst expectations for a 1 million barrel increase in inventory level. The fall in distillate fuel stocks - the first in six weeks - could be attributed to stronger demand, partially offset by higher imports and output. At 128.23 million barrels, distillate supplies are 18.7% below the year-ago level and are near the lower limit of the average range for this time of the year. Refinery Rates: Refinery utilization improved 4.2% from the prior week to 88.9%, as the facilities resumed normal operations following the aftereffects of Hurricane Isaac.
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1 How she sits alone, the city [once] crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a slave. | 1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave. |
2 She weeps aloud during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, [not one] from all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. | 2 Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is none to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. |
3 Judah has gone into exile following affliction and harsh slavery; she lives among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places. | 3 After affliction and harsh labor, Judah has gone into exile. She dwells among the nations; she finds no resting place. All who pursue her have overtaken her in the midst of her distress. |
4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to the appointed festivals. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she herself is bitter. | 4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she is in bitter anguish. |
5 Her adversaries have become [her] masters; her enemies are at ease, for the Lord has made her suffer because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the adversary. | 5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The LORD has brought her grief because of her many sins. Her children have gone into exile, captive before the foe. |
6 All her splendor has vanished from Daughter Zion. Her leaders are like stags that find no pasture; they walk away exhausted before the hunter. | 6 All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer. |
7 During the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings that were [hers] in days of old. When her people fell into the adversary's hand, she had no one to help. The adversaries looked at her, laughing over her downfall. | 7 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands, there was no one to help her. Her enemies looked at her and laughed at her destruction. |
8 Jerusalem has sinned grievously; therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her [now] despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away. | 8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. |
9 Her uncleanness [stains] her skirts. She never considered her end. Her downfall was astonishing; there was no one to comfort her. Lord, look on my affliction, for the enemy triumphs! | 9 Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. "Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed." |
10 The adversary has seized all her precious belongings. She has even seen the nations enter her sanctuary- those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly. | 10 The enemy laid hands on all her treasures; she saw pagan nations enter her sanctuary-- those you had forbidden to enter your assembly. |
11 All her people groan while they search for bread. They have traded their precious belongings for food in order to stay alive. Lord, look and see how I have become despised. | 11 All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. "Look, O LORD, and consider, for I am despised." |
12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine, which was dealt out to me, which the Lord made [me] suffer on the day of His burning anger? | 12 "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the LORD brought on me in the day of his fierce anger? |
13 He sent fire from on high into my bones; He made it descend. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, sick all day long. | 13 "From on high he sent fire, sent it down into my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long. |
14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke, fastened together by His hand; they have been placed on my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has handed me over to those I cannot withstand. | 14 "My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have come upon my neck and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has handed me over to those I cannot withstand. |
15 The Lord has rejected all the mighty men within me. He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah [like grapes] in a winepress. | 15 "The Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an army against me to crush my young men. In his winepress the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah. |
16 I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort [me], no one to keep me alive. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed. | 16 "This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed." |
17 Zion stretches out her hands; there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob that his neighbors should be his adversaries. Jerusalem has become something impure among them. | 17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. |
18 The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look at my pain. My young men and women have gone into captivity. | 18 "The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into exile. |
19 I called to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while searching for food to keep themselves alive. | 19 "I called to my allies but they betrayed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive. |
20 Lord, see how I am in distress. I am churning within; my heart is broken, for I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword takes the children; inside, there is death. | 20 "See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death. |
21 People have heard me groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they are glad that You have caused [it]. Bring on the day You have announced, so that they may become like me. | 21 "People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my distress; they rejoice at what you have done. May you bring the day you have announced so they may become like me. |
22 Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and I am sick at heart. | 22 "Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many and my heart is faint." |
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Rural Chinese begin tasting democracy 'lite'
Monkey Rock votes in a 'populist' and joins some 200,000 other villages electing their own officials.
Candidate Gao Zhi Li didn't need Democratic strategist James Carville. Facing skeptical voters, Mr. Gao, a tall ethnic Manchurian, did what any savvy Western politician might do: He ran as an outsider, a man of the people.
Gao's electorate, however, were about 550 stoic Chinese farmer-peasants, gathered outside in a freezing schoolyard to vote by secret ballot. Gao ran for village chief of Houshi (Monkey Rock) - an outcropping of frozen tundra in China's northeast Jilin Province, where the principal industry is corn and sugar beets. The power structure Gao wanted to avoid identifying with: the local Communist Party.
"You all know me, I'm one of you," Gao said from a podium, in what turned out to be the winning speech. "I will put farmers' interests first. I will not be corrupt."
China's villages now routinely experiment with a word that has only recently been spoken casually around steaming peasant hot pots - democracy. Partly, the estimated 830,000 village elections in China are an attempt by the central government in Beijing to adjust to land reforms of the 1980s. Partly, they are an attempt to stay a step ahead of the evolving sentiments and pressures brought by 900 million peasants who make up the bulk of China, and who have begun to shoulder a greater share of living costs - higher taxes and food costs, price rises on fertilizers, even new fees for those who want a higher education.
"Chinese have always worried about feelings in the countryside, and today there are more cases of instability," says a rural expert in Beijing. "The party needs to solve the authority problem. If they can keep 60 percent of the farmers happy, that will be positive."
Nor do elections mean the Communist Party is folding its tents in rural China. The popularly elected village council and chief exist in parallel with the local party structure. The village council has no power of the purse, or of police, and no real authority. About 80 percent of the village heads in Jilin, in fact, are also party members. (Party members make up 70 percent of elected village chiefs across China, officials say.)


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- Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series
- Traditional Animation
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Vitaphone Releases
- Distributed by: Warner Bros.
- Cartoon Characters: Little Brown Mouse, Police, Woman Customer.
- Voice Actors: Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett.
- Directed By Chuck Jones.
- Produced By David H. DePatie.
- Animated By Ken Harris, Richard Thompson, Bob Bransford.
- Written By Michael Maltese.
- Music: Milt Franklyn.
- Editor: Treg Brown.
- Originally Released on February 25, 1961.
- Originally Released Theatrically.
- Running Time: 5:52 minutes.
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A mouse eats a 100-proof rum cake, and he steals the Sunflame Diamond from Spiffany's. The hung-over mouse tries to figure out why he's being chased all over town by the police.
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This was the last Jones/Maltese collaboration at the original WB studio. Not a masterpiece compared to his previous work, but still a great cartoon.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The downtown Minneapolis Saks Off 5th store will close next year. Canada's Hudson's Bay Company bought Saks in 2013, and a company spokeswoman tells the "Minneapolis Star Tribune" they are looking for a new Minneapolis location. Mayor Betsy Hodges called it "unfortunate" that Saks is closing when downtown is "at the cusp of such a resurgence."


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Call from recruiter, answer basic questions and then face to face interview. they give the same situation everytime. Selling in energy drinks to Mom and pop C-store next to a college using the STAR method. pretty basic. also the cookie cutter interview questions. tell me a time when....you had to deal with a problem and couldnt find a solution, what was the outcome,
- nothing difficult, really cookie cutter interview Answer Question
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Account Manager Interview
Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company.
Interview DetailsInterview process uses STAR. They want questions to be answered with great details. I have had two interviews by them. I want this job REALLY bad. My down fall is not having sales experience, which I am trying to hard to get. The questions are simple. Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a team member and how you approached or resolved it. At the end, they do a role play where you are the sales rep and they are the store you are trying to persuade to sell more of their products.
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Interview DetailsInterviewed on campus about 5 years ago and met a very experienced recruiter who took me through the position description and then presented a case study. she gave me 10 mins or so to read it , walk out and walk in and make a sales presentation. I thought I did well but did not get an offer. It was for the best though as I now make over $500k /yr and I own over $150k of Coke stock.
Interview Questions- She played a very upset soda fountain customer and I had to rectify a bad situation. Answer Question
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Application DetailsI applied through an employee referral. The process took 4+ weeks – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company.
Interview DetailsThe process took close to a month. I had two interviews with a recruiter and then an interview via phone with 4 different level managers. The process was very basic. The questions were very standard for a sales interview process. They give some situational scenarios which you have to work through but over all very basic format.
Interview Questions- Explain past sales roles. Answer Question
Negotiation DetailsVery straight forward. The company has a range for salary. Bonuses are rated the same for the position.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview -
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company in July 2014.
Interview DetailsI found the posting through LinkedIn and applied for it. I was contacted that same week and did a brief phone screening and she said that someone would be calling me if they wanted to do a face to face interview. About 2 weeks went by and I got a call saying they wanted to set up a in-person interview. I did the interview and it was very basic. A panel of 3 managers conducted the interview, and they asked 4 questions. The first one was just tell me about your work experience and then the other 3 were situation questions. After that they gave me a sheet of paper with a scenario on it to role play with one of the interviewers. My situation was a small convenience store owner was unhappy about our competitors and also pricing was a issue too. After that they asked "why me" for this job and then opened it up for questions. They told me they would make a decision that day and that the recruiter would get back to me within a week.
Interview Questions- How many times do you get told no by a customer and what are your actions and plan for them? Answer Question
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Interview DetailsI applied online for the account manager position and a week later I receive a phone call from a recruiter in GA. The phone called consisted of information about yourself, background, and why you want to work for Coca-Cola. The recruiter then sets you up for an interview. I was interviewed by 2 ASM and they asked you between 5-7 behavioral questions and you should answer them in the STAR format. You then are asked at the end to do a role play. They give you a piece of paper with a scenario on it and they leave the room for 10 minutes to give you time to prepare yourself.
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 3+ months – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company.
Interview DetailsI applied via Hotjobs and received a call back three months later. Simple 15 minute face to face interview that was followed up by a very informal hour long face to face interview. It took a while to hear back but once the process started it went very quickly. Overall a very easy process.
Interview Questions- All were "think of a time when" questions. Simply use the STAR format when answering and it will be a breeze. Answer Question
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company in May 2014.
Interview Detailsapplied online. wasn't contacted for about a month by an hr recruiter. phone interview/screening, then an in person interview. I was called back a few days later to schedule another interview. Interviews were pretty standard. Role play was manageable. Just relax and remember that they probably hate it as much as you do, so just play along. They want to see how you handle yourself when your uncomfortable.
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Application DetailsI applied online. The process took 2+ weeks – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company.
Interview DetailsStandard phone screening about a half a week after I applied. Was called back by the end of that week to set up an interview time. Interview was pretty standard, although there was a role play where you had to be the Account Manager and sell to a store owner. (The role play is nothing like the job actually is.) Interview took about an hour or so.
Interview Questions- All of the questions were standard aside from the role play. Answer Question
Negotiation DetailsI did not negotiate. The pay and benefits seemed fair at the time of hire.Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview -
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Application DetailsI applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks – interviewed at Coca-Cola Company in February 2014.
Interview DetailsVery quick and concise interview, only did one interview and done. Was able to answer most of the questions asked in a very well organized manner. The questions are organized in a Situation, Action, Outcome format. I was interviewed by HR over the phone and then had a couple interviews in person. The process was very easy and organized.
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Negotiation DetailsVery easy negotiationAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
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Jen Marlowe has released Part 2 of a seven part video series about injustice in Brazil during the World Cup. "A look at the struggle of the indigenous Guarani community in the Southwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso du Sol, who are desperately trying to reclaim their tribal lands from big agro-business–and being brutally targeted (often killed) in the process by the farmers, usually with complete immunity."
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Why You Should Love Recklessly
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I think maybe CS Lewis said it best when he said, "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."
I'm not encouraging anyone to play Russian roulette with your heart & emotions because maybe Greg Behrendt was right & none of us are the exception. What I want you to do is look at the possibilities before you and examine whether you can gain more from the experience than you stand to lose. Close your eyes & listen to your heart…Be vulnerable. Be open. Be courageous. Love recklessly.
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Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Museum Snakes! (Comic Ads #13)
Comic Ads are more than just the mountain of Hostess Ads we know and love. Over the years, many a company has used one page comic ads to shill their products in the pages of comic books! So I thought I'd do a list series that showcases those ads, and shows you what issues I've found them in. To me, these are as much a part of comics history as any superhero, and I love 'em for the nostalgia they bring. I hope they do the same for you. Enjoy. |
The Marvel ads for Magic Snake came the tiniest bit closer to the Hostess ads than the DC ads did, because Marvel created new villains for the ads. In the Spider-Man ad, the villain is Magna Mind- the "canny crook," "greatest criminal brain," and "the world's smartest crook" ...who was outwitted by a Magic Snake puzzle. But who can blame him? There are twenty-three trillion possible shapes! In case you ever get your hands on one of these puzzles, I posted some of the shapes you can make below.
I had one of these as a kid. If the parts got to be loose, it could be frustrating to manipulate (but not as bad as the Alexander's Star puzzle, which had so many moving parts it seemed to move on its own). If you didn't have a guide to show you the shapes, it could also get boring really quickly. It's things like this that allowed video games to take over.
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